Horwich-Rosholt Rematch Headlines Shark Fights 17 on July 15

Rosholt’s management company,
Team Takedown, confirmed news of the bout Monday on Twitter.
Officials for the Texas-based promotion also revealed that July the
card will air live on cable channel HDNet from Dr. Pepper Arena in
Frisco, Texas.

Horwich (Pictured) and Rosholt first met at a November
Xtreme Fight Night event in Tulsa, Okla., where submission ace
Horwich surprised many by stopping the three-time NCAA Division I
wrestling champ with third-round strikes from back-mount.

Since then, 32-year-old Horwich has competed only once, dropping a
three-round unanimous decision to Danillo
Villefort in the main event of Shark
Fights 14 on March 11. The onetime International Fight League
middleweight champ is 2-2 in his last four starts, alternating
stoppage wins over Rosholt and Thales
Leites with decision losses to Villefort and Eric
Schambari.

Rosholt, 28, embarked on a tear after his loss to Horwich, rattling
off four first-round wins inside of four months. The busy stretch
included a March 19 rear-naked-choking of John Bryant
under the Bellator
banner and a May 21 arm-triangle submission of John
Malbrough in Rosholt’s adopted hometown of Ponca City,
Okla.

The former Oklahoma State University Cowboy saw his streak snapped
on May 27, however, when an illegal third-round knee strike cost
Rosholt an all-but-guaranteed decision win against John Ott at
Titan Fighting Championship 18. Rosholt is currently in talks
with the Kansas Athletic Commission regarding a possible appeal.